Chapter 98: The Mountain Rain is Coming, the Wind is Full of the Building (Part 1)
"Heh heh" As soon as Gaia finished speaking, the serious expression on his face quickly disappeared, and instead, a low laugh escaped. Because after hearing his words, all the Bimon officers inside the house took a step forward, with no fear in their eyes, several of them clenched their fists, as if they wanted to squeeze out the people around them.
"Alright, I know you are the bravest warriors on this continent, no need for me to waste words praising your bravery, you have proven it countless times. However, this time I can only send one of you, the kingdom's battle line stretches over 2,000 miles, and there are many places that need you."
Gaius seems very satisfied with the performance of his subordinates. His tone of speech also becomes more and more like that of a commander-in-chief who is in charge of the overall situation, rather than the previous general who led the army to fight everywhere.
"Cain, I want you to go." Gaius had already spoken the answer before many of the Bimon officers could voice their doubts about who would be sent.
"I will not betray the trust of Your Majesty and the Grand Marshal, I will defend the fortress of Emarben." Hearing Gaya's words, Cain, who was originally standing in the front row, immediately walked to Gaya's front, bowed his head and replied.
Because Cain was hanging his head, the surrounding Bimon officers couldn't see the expression on his face. However, many of these officers looked somewhat strange when Gaya gave the order. Some showed a few knowing glances, as if they had already guessed this would be the result. Some looked at Cain with eyes that seemed to hold a hint of sympathy, while others looked at Gaya with eyes that held a hint of disdain.
"Your Majesty, in order to ensure that you can hold onto the fortress of Emarlbon, will dispatch the commander of the Imperial Guard, Louis Weilin, to your side and command him to obey your orders completely. Additionally, ten 8th-tier mages will be selected from among the strongest members of the clan, who will in turn select several 7th-tier mages and 6th-tier great mages to form a mage corps under the leadership of Elder Pushiro, which will accompany you on your campaign."
No matter how others looked at him, Gaya's face remained calm and unruffled. He looked at Cain quietly and said some arrangements.
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty." Cain heard this and still replied with his head down.
"Also, Your Majesty has allocated twelve high-quality steel crossbows from the Dwarf Kingdom and three sets of top-notch defensive magic array materials from the armory. Take them all with you." Gaia said. At this time, many of the Mongol officers' eyes had a few more unusual colors.
Cain also raised his head at this time, apparently also unexpected that Gaia would allocate so many things to him.
"By the power vested in me by His Majesty and the Council of Elders, I, Kayn Sorber, hereby appoint you as Commander of the Emrald Fortress, to lead the Kingdom's Royal Guard Regiment, the Second Battalion of the Bimon Legion, the First Battalion of the Fourth Legion, the Second Wolf Tribe Battalion... a total of 12,000 kingdom soldiers. May you not disappoint His Majesty and the Council of Elders' trust, and defend your assigned defensive zone."
"Affirmative, Kane Sobel commanding."
Five days later, on a plain about twenty or thirty miles south of the Emal fortress. A cavalryman of the Fano Empire's Imperial Guard, clad in blue uniform and wearing a green cloak, was surrounded by two cavalrymen of the Fano Empire's Direct Military Division, also clad in blue uniforms, attacking a golden-haired Bamonti cavalryman who wore black leather armor and an iron helmet that revealed some golden hair, his physique much stronger and taller than theirs.
The three Farnese soldiers were all skilled in riding, and the golden-haired Bimon cavalry repeatedly tried to rely on the speed of their war horses to break through to the west, but they were cleverly blocked by them.
When Huang Jinbiao was ambushed by the Imperial Guard cavalryman from the side after a failed breakthrough, Huang Jinbiao's long sword stabbed out, aiming straight at the opponent's chest. The Imperial Guard cavalryman pulled the reins in time, and the war horse agilely turned its head to one side, moving its entire body with a swing, causing the opponent's sword to miss.
Huang Jinbi Meng stopped, and another two cavalrymen from the same legion quickly urged their war horses to rush over from the other side. In an instant, the three cavalrymen surrounded Huang Jinbi Meng in the middle.
The siege had just been completed, and one of the enemy's cavalrymen struck from behind with a sword at the back of this golden-haired man. The long sword was already emitting a faint green aura, indicating that this cavalryman was at least a third-stage Dou Shi. Sensing the fluctuations in the Dou Qi behind him, the golden-haired man also countered with a swift strike.
"Ah!" The golden Bimon's strength was clearly superior to that of the cavalryman, and as soon as their long swords clashed, the cavalryman's sword was knocked flying. But before he could even rejoice, a sharp pain shot through his lower back, and for a moment, he couldn't help but cry out in agony.
Then, with his right hand still raised and the long sword not yet fallen, another red light flashed on the back of his hand, a wave of numbness spread through his right hand, and the long sword in his hand fell to the ground.
The other two cavalrymen took advantage of Huang Jinbiao's momentary distraction to launch a surprise attack from both sides, one stabbing him in the waist and the other chopping at his right hand which held the sword. Fortunately, part of Huang Jinbiao's armor protected the back of his hand; otherwise, his entire right hand might have been chopped off by that blow.
"Take him alive." "Clang" The golden armor lost its fighting power, and the Imperial Guard cavalryman's face was filled with joy. He immediately gave the order to take him alive. But as soon as he spoke, a strong sense of crisis rushed towards him. Before he could react, the iron armor on his chest transmitted a clear sound of being pierced, and his chest also transmitted a severe impact pain.
"Clang, clang". In the last bit of consciousness of this guardsman, he saw an arrow deeply inserted into his chest, and also saw that each of his two companions had a similar arrow in their chests. He also heard the sound of iron armor being pierced on their chests.
After a bout of dizziness, the Imperial Guard fell off his horse and before he died, he saw a vision of himself capturing Huang Jinbao alive and being rewarded by the Empire.
"One battalion, five companies, one patrol team encountered danger, hurry to rescue." The golden-haired Bimon, who had just suffered heavy losses and was a bit disoriented, suddenly found that the enemy attacking him was easily killed by three extremely fast arrows. Turning his head back, he saw four or five beastmen cavalry rushing towards him from 100 meters north.
Although he had just escaped with his life and was still in a state of shock, he did not forget his responsibilities and immediately shouted loudly at the beast tribe cavalry.
"A unit? Your patrol of over 800 warriors will still encounter danger, Alexander, assemble the signal." After a few breaths, a lean-faced, icy-eyed, iron-helmeted, silver-white longsword-wielding, two arrow-shaped medal-bearing golden-haired Bimon rode up on a sorrel warhorse as fast as he could. The other several beastmen cavalry were left over ten meters behind by him.
Upon hearing these words from the injured Huang Jinbiao, the first Huang Jinbiao to rush over immediately let out a loud roar.
"Hmm, hmm, ......” Soon after, one of the beast tribe cavalrymen behind him took out a curved horn-shaped military trumpet and blew it vigorously. The urgent sound of the military trumpet quickly spread across the plain, followed by responding trumpet sounds from behind them.
"Alexander, take him back. I'll go ahead with the others." After the cavalryman finished blowing his bugle, the golden-haired commander gave another order to this cavalryman.
"Yes, Captain." The cavalryman on horseback nodded slightly and accepted the order.
Just as he had arranged for the wounded soldiers, Huang Jinbiao, also known as the School Lieutenant, rode his war horse south with several other beastmen cavalry.
"Apply the medicine first." After the school lieutenant left, the beastman cavalry in charge of taking care of the wounded quickly dismounted and supported the injured Huang Jinbei. At the same time, he took out a bottle of medicine from the cloth bag on his horseback to apply it to the wound.
